Category Archives: legislative advocacy

Florida Business Daily The state Senate Judiciary Committee recently voted in favor of a bill that would allow prejudgment interest to be tacked on to awards in personal injury cases in Florida. A similar bill was approved by a House subcommittee and has moved to that body’s Judiciary Committee. Business leaders and tort reform advocates…

Florida Politics – Michael Moline The insurance industry already has a good idea how one of it’s top priorities for the 2017 Legislative Session seems likely to go. It found out when the House and Senate unveiled their plans for fixing the workers’ compensation system Friday. But there’s more than that to worry about as…

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Committee Week 6 2017 PIFF Priorities: AOB Reform– PIFF supports a change to Florida’s “one-way attorney fee” law so that businesses that sue insurance companies are required to pay their own lawyers. PIP Insurance– PIFF members believe that any changes to the PIP law must be thoughtful, comprehensive, and consumer-focused. Any new…

News Service of Florida Rejecting arguments by a chiropractor, a South Florida appeals court Wednesday upheld part of a 2012 overhaul of the state’s person-injury protection auto insurance system. The ruling by the 3rd District Court of Appeal focused on part of the law that limit’s so-called “PIP” benefits to $2,500 for non-emergency conditions. Chiropractor…

Tampa Bay Times Editorial A steady drip usually signals bigger trouble, and this is no exception. Insurance claims and lawsuits for water damage are climbing, and the mess is spreading from South Florida to Tampa Bay. That means trouble for private insurers and the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. And that means trouble for homeowners…

An Update of the Abuse of Assignments of Benefits and its Correlation with One-Way Attorney’s Fees by Mark Delegal and Ashley Kalifeh for Florida Association of Independent Agents, Executive Summary As discussed in FJRI’s 2015 paper,1 the prospect of one-way attorney’s fees has encouraged a growing number of lawyers to partner with various service providers…

“An Ohio insurance-rating company has warned that recent court rulings and skyrocketing losses from water-damage claims have created an ‘uncertain operating environment’ for Florida’s property insurers and that is will downgrade the financial stability of 10 to 15 Florida-based companies, potentially threatening the solvency of thousands of homeowners policies.”